Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2023

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-120) Arizona (+100)

Chase Field is the location where the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-4) will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers (5-2) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Los Angeles at -120 while Arizona is sitting at +100. The over/under comes in at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Noah Syndergaard and Zach Davies.

As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are putting up 6.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league. They have accounted for 43 runs and hold an OBP of .369. The Dodgers have tallied 12 doubles as a squad and have hit 14 baseballs out of the park. They have recorded 42 RBI's as well as 56 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average comes in at .252. Los Angeles has a slugging % of .514 and have struck out 67 times, while drawing a walk on 39 occasions.

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Dodgers pitchers have allowed 2 home runs and also 15 total runs (4th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 9 opposing players and their FIP is 2.44 as a team this year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 6.22 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 0.83. The Dodgers have compiled a team earned run average of 2.14 so far this season (3rd in baseball), and they have rung up 56 batters.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a total of 189 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 57 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 20th in pro baseball, and have earned 8 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 73.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 567 innings on the field, which ranks them 6th in MLB.

Syndergaard has taken the ball for 858 innings and has totaled 878 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.41 (325 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.173. He has surrendered 810 base hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 197 walks. Syndergaard (57-41 career record) has a FIP of 3.06 and he has gone up against 3,535 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have compiled an on-base percentage of .263 in addition to a batting average of .214 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 50 occasions (20th in MLB) and have 48 base hits. Arizona has compiled 4 home runs on the season as well as 18 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks hold a slugging % of .335 and they score 3.00 runs per contest (25th in the league). They have notched 13 doubles, while taking a walk 12 times and putting up 21 runs.

The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.500 and have a FIP of 6.25 as a unit for the season. They are currently ranked 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 54. The Arizona pitching staff have relinquished 36 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 5.25 (35 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.64 (59 strikeouts vs 36 walks). They have given up 14 HR's and they concede 5.40 runs per 9 innings (22nd in MLB).

The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 2 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (15th in pro baseball). The Diamondbacks have 58 assists, 3 errors and have accounted for 180 putouts during this campaign. In 540 innings played, the Diamondbacks hold a defensive efficiency of 73.2% (7th in professional baseball).

Davies (58-53 career win-loss record) has a 4.12 earned run average while surrendering 8.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.19 and he has gone up against 4,125 hitters thus far in his career. He has surrendered a total of 445 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.327 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. During his pro baseball career, Davies has surrendered 961 base knocks while he has tallied 717 K's in 971 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-120)

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